Presentations

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Past

“Notating Irish Dance: An Ethnography of Personal Archives and Choreo-Musical Transmission.” Annual Conference of the American Musicological Society [Online]; 11–12 & 20–21 November 2021.

“Tune Knowledge and Adaptive Expression in Irish Dance.” Access and Participation in Traditional Music in the Anglo-Irish World [Online]; 18 November 2021.

“Embodying Musicality in Irish Step Dance Notation Practices.” Joint Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland and International Council for Traditional Music (Ireland) 2021 [Online]; 27–30 May 2021.

“Musicality and Movement in Irish Dance Transmission.” Music and Movement Virtual Conference (University of Pittsburgh) [Online]; 22–24 January 2021.

“‘The Irish music is in the walls; it stays there when we leave’: Sense, Affect, and Materiality at Irish Traditional Music Festivals.” Music Festival Studies: Current Perspectives, Future Directions; [Online] 10, 30-31 July & 1 August 2020.

“Sounding Tap on Film: Dubbing, Direct-Recording and Aesthetics of Authenticity in Movie Musicals.” Song, Stage and Screen XV; Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH); 18-20 June 2020. cancelled due to COVID-19

“Sounding Tap on Film: Dubbing, Direct-Recording and Aesthetics of Authenticity.” Music and the Moving Image; [Online] NYU Steinhardt School; 29–31 May 2020.

“Dancing Hands and Rhythmic Voices: Transmission Methods in Irish Step Dance.” Stepping On: A Conference on Stepping in Dance; Cecil Sharp House (London, EN); 16–17 November 2019.

“Sensory Memory Work in Irish Step Dance.” Society for Ethnomusicology, annual meeting (Bloomington, IN); 7–9 November 2019.

“Dancing Hands: A Sensory Approach to Embodied Musicality and Choreographic Transmission in Irish Step Dance.” Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology; Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA); 6-7 April 2019.

“Constructing Irish Identity through Improvisatory Percussive Dance.” Society for American Music (Little Rock, AK); 8 March 2013.

“Timing and Groove in Irish Traditional Music and Dance.” Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology; Tufts University (Medford, MA); 14 April 2012.

“Irish Dance: Invented Narratives through Performative Practice.” American Conference for Irish Studies, international meeting (New Orleans, LA); 16 March 2012.

“Gender, Masking and Identity Construction in Perceptions of Irish Step Dancing.” Northeast Chapter for the Society for Ethnomusicology; Boston University (Boston, MA); 2 April 2011.